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Get your Amazon On!

On July 5-14, 2012, Dr. Meg Lowman, director of the new wing at the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences, will lead a group of educators and naturalists on an amazing, nine-day trip to the Amazon rainforest. The best part: visitRaleigh.com and the museum are giving you a chance to go along!

Now through Tuesday, May 15, enter to win a spot on this rainforest expedition and become part of a team of educators and naturalists studying in the Amazon basin of Peru. The visitRaleigh.com sweepstakes prize includes the workshop cost, in-country air and international air round-trip to Lima.

The winner of the “Raleigh’s New World” prize package can:

work side-by-side with scientists in one of the most biologically diverse environments on the planet

ascend over 115 feet on a ¼-mile Rainforest Canopy Walkway, one of the few of its kind in the world

interact with indigenous people and see how they use the forest for medicine, food and shelter

get up-close with as many as seven kinds of primates at Monkey Island's conservation project

use hand lenses, binoculars, maps and taxonomic keys for identification of insects, butterflies, plants, birds and more

You just need to be a legal U.S. resident, be 18+ and have a valid passport, and you could be selected the grand prize winner on May 16! (See official rules for full details.) This dynamic journey is an once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for a Lifelong Learner.

Enter now, and remember to get a jump-start on your nature research experience at the grand opening of the new wing at the N.C. Museum of Natural Sciences, April 20-21, in downtown Raleigh.

Author: visitRaleigh

The Greater Raleigh Convention and Visitors Bureau (CVB) is the official and accredited destination marketing organization (DMO) for all of Wake County.

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Beer Month starts this week! Kick it off at Casks on Fools, Wed. at Crank Arm Brewing Company, featuring 24 N.C. breweries with specialty casks.
Check out the beer list and make a game plan for tasting.